L'Invention du paysage

by Anne Cauquelin, Quadrige

An essay on landscape by the philosopher, Anne Cauquelin. The author asserts that for us and our predecessors a landscape has always been a constructed version of nature; she notes that the ancient Greeks had neither a word or a concept to express what we understand a "landscape" to be. She explores her claim that the notion of "landscape" has been invented, and discusses how it functions to situate the viewer's perception of time and space in nature.

Genres: Art

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000